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Tweak says, "Nevermore"

solong (heartache) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-05-26 01:15:00

Entry tags:

!complete, day 08, l lawliet, location: pharmacy/liquor store, merope gaunt

Who: L & Merope
Where: Drug/Liquor Store.
Where: Around noon.
What: Coming to sit with him most likely.
Rating: G or PG.
Status: Active

Merope felt that while she would rather rest up, she knew that L seemed to need company. Unlike many of them here, Merope offered the unusual mothering, openly affectionate care without being asked for it. Gathering herself as best she could, it took her about nearly ten minutes or so to get where she had to go, regardless of how slow her gait faired. Once she arrived at the store, she moved with ease into the store with a jerk of the door and released it so it made a noise, making her jump lightly.

Her hands shoved into her sweater pockets and looked around for someone else, but had such a difficulty and she frowned.

"L..L?" She called for him in her soft voice.

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inmyownworld
2009-05-31 04:28 pm UTC (link)

L, a skilled investigator, of course noticed the effect the word "partner" had on the lonely girl. She had had a child, and very probably a husband, he realized. "Sorry," he apologized again, growing frustrated with himself. Why did living women have to be so difficult to talk to and understand? Though... who knew. Maybe it was just Merope.

No, it was definitely L.

"Rorschach is busy a lot, but he's deviated from his typical pattern in speaking to women, and the change is apparent when he speaks of or to you. That is a very significant occurrence, especially for a sociopath," L said, with a slight shrug. "As for being alone... well... I suppose that can get lonely."

Brilliant deduction, Sherlock.

"I know that sounded stupid," L said after a moment. "Believe it or not, I'm... not. Stupid, that is."

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heartache
2009-05-31 08:44 pm UTC (link)

Knowing that he spoke of her or to her in a manner which made her special caused a light smile to cross her face. Just the thought of being special to someone else had made her much happier,"...You don't sound daft to me, not at all. It's alright, don't worry about offending me." Merope, while simplistic in nature, was quite used to being harped on so small accidental things said didn't do much to her.

"You are right nice to me," Merope hoped to encourage him to not feel so apologetic.

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inmyownworld
2009-05-31 11:03 pm UTC (link)

L was glad to see Merope brighten, just a bit, when he mentioned that Rorschach seemed to think highly of her. It made him gladder to know that he was telling the truth about it.

"No, really, I can be very daft," L said modestly. "It depends on the day and the patience of whoever I might be conversing with. And you're actually a pretty easy person to be nice to," he added.

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heartache
2009-06-01 06:40 am UTC (link)

L's words were easy to take as what they were, she rarely received compliments and it was taken straight to heart. "You are not daft." She said again as if she hadn't been heard the first time,"...Hey, do you know if there are any snakes around?" She tilted her head a little bit, wondering if maybe someone knew the terrain better than she did.

Considering she never came out often.

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inmyownworld
2009-06-01 02:48 pm UTC (link)

"Snakes?" L asked. "It's funny you should mention that... because my first couple of days here, I was looking for snakes. I'm good at chemistry, and especially good at making poison, so I thought it might be useful. I didn't find any... it was too cold, and snakes have cold blood... but maybe you could find one now." he paused, remembering his own reason for wanting to find a snake and growing suspicious.

"Why did you want to find a snake, Merope?"

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	heartache 2009-06-02 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Merope had completely forgotten that she wasn't in the world of Wizard's and that nobody knew her lineage. she raised her eyes a little and settled them back onto L,"Oh, I can speak to snakes....I thought it would be nice to have some company." She grinned lightly and moved her right hand along the back of her head. "It would make me feel safe.." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

inmyownworld
2009-06-03 12:51 am UTC (link)

L raised both eyebrows in surprised unison. Well... there was something you didn't hear every day, even from the intensely disturbed.

"Really", he asked after a pause in which he tried to mentally digest that information. Not only did she consider serpents good company, but she actually felt safe around them?

"How does one go about talking to snakes?" L inquired, with the interest of one who had to know.

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heartache
2009-06-03 03:10 pm UTC (link)

Merope nodded, she didn't know if she felt completely comfortable speaking as snakes did in front of him. She took a long, deep breath and calmed herself before speaking directly at him,"..Hello, L, I think you are nice." The words she said sounded exactly in the tones and frequencies that snakes would use, while it would not be understandable to people who didn't speak her language. It sounded just like a series of hisses, and strange breathing the way it came out of her mouth but it was very natural in a sense.

"..That's how..I talk to snakes." She said, her pale, unhealthy form slacked against whatever they were leaning on.

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inmyownworld
2009-06-04 01:24 am UTC (link)

It was understandable, that Merope might feel uncomfortable doing anything unconventional in front of the excruciatingly judgmental L. He was critical even of the people he considered friends.

It went without saying that L didn't understand what she said. It merely sounded like an assorted series of hisses to him. He bit his lip, knowing that either Merope was insane, or he had actually heard a language he had yet to learn, or (was it possible?) couldn't.

"I see," he said, blinking several times, trying to think of something else appropriate to say in comment to Merope's unique demonstration.

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	heartache 2009-06-05 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	The way he spoke, slow and unsure, she knew that he probably thought that she was insane or something. The frown came to her face as she slightly turned her head away, hands resting on top of her thin thighs. Why was she so nervous, so strange about speaking in something that was almost native tongue for her? Who knew. "...Is it bad?" She frowned. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

inmyownworld
2009-06-07 01:12 pm UTC (link)

L paused, not wanting what he meant to say to come out sounding wrong.

"No... it's not bad. It's just different," he explained carefully. "I've never heard of people who can speak to any sorts of animals before, at least, not really. Everything like that I've ever seen has either been fiction or a hoax, and it's just very, very impressive, if that actually works. Can you call them to you? It might save you the trouble of going to find one..." L repressed his initial desire to ask Merope if she could use snakes as weapons by urging them to bite others, or if she could control them. It would be a manipulative, selfish thing for him to do, to ask her that so soon.

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	LATE POST IS VERY LATE. heartache 2009-07-05 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, I can....I have always been able too." She bit own on her lip, not really sure if she should have said that to L in the first place. She tilted her mouth a little left. "...If they hear me, I can, but otherwise I can't..." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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